Short Thoughts

// 2024-03-08, 1 min read, #life #disability #transition

A couple posts that are too short on their own, so I'm putting them together.

Disabled as an Identity

If some of my posts make it feel like I'm making my disability part of my identity... That's because I absolutely am. Society won't not let me. I'm excluded from so much because I am disabled. I'm limited in the world in so many ways because I am disabled. I am discriminated against because I am disabled. Society doesn't want to see us, doesn't even want us to exist, so inherently yes it is part of my identity because that's how people identify me and oppress me. But also it's a way to claim power and acceptance.

I am disabled. But I am still here. And I am still human, still a person, still worthy of everything any decent person is.

Unpublished Trans Posts

I've got a few drafts about my transition that have been sitting around anywhere from one to five years. I keep meaning to post them, but I'm in my sixth year of transition; I don't even think about transition anymore. Would these posts be helpful for other trans people? I don't know. Would I gain anything from publishing them now? I don't know. I'll sit on them for another few years and decide later.

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